Soap-dispensing device



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471, 21

A. W. M CORD SOAP DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Feb. 18 1922 Patented on.23,1923,-

a, UNITE Es PATENT OFFICE;

ARTHUR W. 110C031), OFWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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Application med February 18,1922. Serial No. 587,544.-

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the Districtof Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSoap-Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and particularly todevices for dispensing flake or powdered soap.

Devices of this kind including a receptacle and a rectilinearly movablevalve manually shiftableto dispense a predetermined amount of the soapor other commodity are common, and the object of my invention is toimprove upon certain details of construction of dispensing devices ofthis character, and to provide a very simple, cheap, easily operated,and effective dispensing device of this character.

A further object is to provide means whereby the material at the pointwhere the material is discharged into the valve may be agitated and keptfrom clogging.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of a soap dispensing device constructed inaccordance with my invention, the upper portion of the container-and capbeing broken away Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the'lower end of the container andthe valve mechanism;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the base of the container;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4.-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 ger valve;

Referring to these drawings, 10 designates the receptacle having aninteriorly screw-threaded neck 11, and 12 designates a castingconstituting a base for the receptacle and also constituting a valvecasing'. The base is supported by means of a "bracket 13 having a base14 adapted to be attached to the wall in any suitable manner. isinserted in a socket 15 in the side of the casing and is held in placeby a set screw 16, this set screw being in the form of a key actuatedset screw, and when in place disposed entirely within a socket so thatis a top plan view of the plun- This bracket 13 in the form of a rodfingers and it will require a peculiar tool or key 'in order to removethe set screw.

The casting 12 provides an annular base or socket into which the lowerend of the receptacle 10 sits and is cemented in place,

the floor of this socket inclining centrally downward and opening into adischarge opening 17 at its center. This discharge opening isapproximately pear-shaped, in other words it is circular. with atriangular portion 18 extending radially from it. Be-

low this opening 18 the casting is formed with a horizontally extendingvalve chamber 19 closed at one end and containing within it a coiledspring 20. A discharge passage 21 extends from the opening 17 downwardthrough the lower end of the casting and intersects the valve casing 19.

Disposed within the valve casing 19 is a valve 22. This valve 22 isrectilinearly movable against the force of the spring and has extendingdiagonally through it the discharge passage 23. ormally the upper end ofthis discharge passage registers with the lower end of this dischargepassage being at this time out of register with the passage 21. .Whenthis valve 21 is pushed fully inward, the upper end of the passage 23 ismoved out of alignment with the opening 17 and the lower end moved intoalignment with the passage 21 so that the material within the passage 23may be discharged. In order to prevent the pulling out of the valve andalso provide means foragitating the material immediately above andadjacent to the opening 17, there is attached to the valve theupwardlyprojecting pin 24 which extends upward through the opening 17.When the spring 20 pushes this valve 21 outward, the pin 24 is disposedat the apex of the triangular extension 18 of the opening 17 When thevalve is pushed inward, however, the pin may have lateral movement andthe valve may be oscillated by the the opening 17 fingers of theoperator so that the pin may.

move back and forth or made to move substantially in a circle so as tothoroughly break up any material which may have 'collected around theopening 17. At the same time when the valve is released by the is urgedoutward by the spring 20, the pin 21 will always bring the valve back toits proper position by engaging in the triangular extension 18, asillustrated o it cannot be removed therefrom and preferably the upperend of the receptacle is closed by a cap 25 which is also cemented orotherwise securely attached in place, this cap 25 having an opening inits upper end normally closed by a screw-threaded plug 26 which can onlybe removed by a wrench of a peculiar form. This prevents the soap frombeing stolen or meddled with.

The operation of the device will be obvious. Normally the plunger valve21 is forced outward and as a consequence the flow of material from thereceptacle is prevented. When it is desired to use the soap, the plungervalve is forced inward and the charge 0 soap which has accumulatedwithin the measuring passage 23 is dischar ed through the passage 21onto the hand. e passage 23, it w1ll be seen, constitutes a chargemeasuring device and only one charge of soap can be dispensed upon eachinward movement of the plunger valve 31. With each inward movement ofthe valve, the agitator is reciprocated so as. to more or less break upthe material above the openin 17 and if t is material is very much coaguated around the openin 17 or tends to clo this opening and a su cientdischarge 0% terial does not occur, then the valve may be oscillatedaround its axis as well as reciprocated,'which, as beforeremarked, willcause the pin 24 to'thoroughlj clear the opening 17 and to operate allround the edge of this opening, thus preventing the area of the o ening17 from becoming reduced unduly.

he pin 24, of course," limits the inward as well as the outward movementof the valve,

valve, assage ali this movement being just sufiicient to cause thepassage 23 to clear the opening 17 for the passage 21.

While I have illustrated certain details of construction and.arrangement of arts which have been found thoroughly e ective and whichmake for cheapness'and effectiveness, I do not wish to be limitedthereto, as it is obvious that many changes might be made in thesedetails of construction-without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

I claim a '1. A dispensing device of the character described comprisinga receptacle having a vertically extending discharge passage intersectedby a valve casing, a reciprocable 'falve therein, a spring urging thevalve outward, and a pin carried by the valve and extending upwardthrough the discharge passage into the receptacle, the discharge passageand the o ening in the receptacle being approximate y ovoid, with thesmall end of the passage directed forward whereby the pin may have freemovement in a plu'ralit of directions upon a reciprocation and oscilation of the valve but the valve will be centered when released.

2. A dispensing device of the character described COmPIISIDg areceptacle having a discharge neck formed with a v'erticalpassa g and avalve ca ing intersecting said passage, a reciprocable valve disposed insaid casing, a spring urgin the valve outward, said valve havlng 'a(Iiagonally extending passage through it, the receiving end of the inwith the passage from t e ,receptac e w on the valve is 1n its projectedposition and the discharge end of the valve passa ealigning with thelower portion ofthe nec when the valve is out of -1ts projectedposition, the valve carrying an upwardly projecting pin extending intothe discharge openin 1n the receptacle, limiting the longitudinamovement of the valve and having lateral movement when the valve v isoscillated upon its axis. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR w. MoCORD.

